χράομαι. 
χρωμαι; imperfect 3 person plural 
ἐχρῶντο; 1 aorist 
ἐχρησάμην; perfect 
κέχρημαι (
1 Corinthians 9:15 G L T Tr WH); from 
Homer down; (middle of 
χράω (thought to be allied by metathesis with 
χείρ (cf. 
Curtius, § 189)), 'to grant a loan', 'to lend' (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word; they regard the radical sense as 'to furnish what is needful'); hence) 
1. properly, 
to receive a loan; to borrow. 
2. to take for one's use; to use: 
τίνι (
Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 i.), 
to make use of a thing, Acts 27:17; 
1 Corinthians 9:12, 
15; 
1 Timothy 1:8; 
1 Timothy 5:23; 
τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, 
1 Corinthians 7:31 R G (see below); 
μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, 
1 Corinthians 7:21 (where others, less fitly, supply 
τῷ κληθῆναι δοῦλον (see references under the word 
εἰ, III. 6 a.)). contrary to the regular usage of classical Greek with an accusative: 
τόν κόσμον, 
1 Corinthians 7:31 L T Tr WH; see Meyer at the passage; 
Buttmann, § 133, 18; 
Winer's Grammar, as above; (also in Wis. 7:14 according to some manuscripts; (Liddell and Scott, give (Pseudo-) 
Aristotle, oecon. 2, 22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). with the dative of a virtue or vice describing the mode of thinking or acting: 
τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (
R. V. 'shew fickleness'), 
2 Corinthians 1:17; 
πολλή παρρησία, 
2 Corinthians 3:12 (for numerous examples from Greek writings from 
Herodotus down, see 
Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.)). with adverbs (see 
Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): 
ἀποτόμως, 
to deal sharply, use sharpness, 2 Corinthians 13:10. of the use of persons: 
τίνι, 
to bear oneself toward, to deal with, treat, one (often so in Greek writings; see 
Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 1 and 2)), 
Acts 27:3. 
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